ONE of the unresolved—and rather bitter—disputes in evolutionary biology is between the creeps and the jerks. The creeps (so dubbed by the jerks) think that evolutionary change is gradual.

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They Blew It: The Secret of "Easy Rider"

Although I rarely say this in public, I must admit Republicans do some things very well. I can't think of any right off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's something. But one thing they do particularly badly, is social and cultural criticism.

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Remember in high school when you had to memorize the first 18 lines of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales? Well, this is like that, only much, much worse.

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WELLESLEY, Mass. - The lights dim, the music pumps — a steady beat that can be felt in the bones — and Baba Brinkman struts and bounces around the stage, belting out his rhymes about hard living, violence, sex and the secrets to true love.

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